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WGUS53 KPAH 221338

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ILC077-145-221730-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

836 AM CDT THU MAR 22 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH KENTUCKY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

  JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...



* UNTIL 1230 PM CDT.



* AT 831 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

FLASH FLOODING FROM NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. 

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING 2 TO 3 

INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR ALONG THE BORDER BETWEEN JACKSON AND PERRY 

COUNTIES.



THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THIS AREA FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT 1 

TO 2 HOURS WHICH MAY PRODUCE ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF UP TO 5 INCHES.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RICE...

  WILLISVILLE...TAMAROA...ST. JOHNS...PINCKNEYVILLE...DU QUOIN AND

  CUTLER



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3762 8950 3761 8916 3819 8917 3821 8958

      3781 8968



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